Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), also rendered in English as the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, is a public state university headquartered in San Nicolás de los Garza, part of the Monterrey metropolitan area, with seven campuses distributed across Nuevo León in northern Mexico.新莱昂州自治大学（Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León，简称 UANL，英文亦译作 Autonomous University of Nuevo León）是一所公立州立大学，总部位于蒙特雷都会区的圣尼古拉斯德洛斯加尔萨，七个校区分布于墨西哥北部的新莱昂州。

It was founded as the University of Nuevo León on 25 September 1933, closed by state decree in 1935, reopened in 1943 and took its present name after the autonomy statute of 1971, which makes it the oldest university in the state.该校于 1933 年 9 月 25 日以新莱昂大学之名创立，1935 年被州法令关闭，1943 年复校，1971 年自治章程通过后改用现名，是该州历史最悠久的大学。

UANL occupies the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, is placed 2001st in the 2027 Times Higher Education table and 1,679th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News global ranking, and is not listed in the 2026 ShanghaiRanking main table.新莱昂州自治大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 1201 至 1400 区间，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列第 2001 位，在 2026 至 2027 年度《美国新闻与世界报道》全球榜单中位列第 1679 位，未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。

History

• The university's immediate forerunner was the Civil Academy, the Colegio Civil, which began teaching in 1859 in Monterrey after Governor Santiago Vidaurri proposed it and his successor José Silvestre Aramberri carried the plan through.该校的直接前身是公民学院（Colegio Civil），1859 年在蒙特雷开课，由州长圣地亚哥·比道里（Santiago Vidaurri）倡议、其继任者何塞·西尔韦斯特雷·阿兰贝里（José Silvestre Aramberri）付诸实施。
• The academy absorbed the pharmacy and medicine courses that José Eleuterio González had taught for decades at the Hospital of the Rosary, and from 1859 it added law, which grew into the Law School, and a Preparatory School under its first director José de Jesús Dávila y Prieto.学院接管了何塞·埃莱乌特里奥·冈萨雷斯（José Eleuterio González）在玫瑰医院讲授数十年的药学与医学课程，并从 1859 年起增设法律与预科，前者后来发展为法学院，后者即预科学校，均由首任院长何塞·德赫苏斯·达维拉·普列托（José de Jesús Dávila y Prieto）主持。
• On 29 October 1932 the state schools of law, medicine and pharmacy, the Civil Academy and the normal school jointly asked the Congress of Nuevo León to create a university for the Monterrey metropolitan area.1932 年 10 月 29 日，州立法律、医学与药学学校、公民学院以及师范学校联合向新莱昂州议会提出，为蒙特雷都会区创办一所大学。
• The congress approved the request on 7 November 1932, and the University of Nuevo León was formally established on 25 September 1933 with Héctor González González as its first rector.州议会于 1932 年 11 月 7 日批准该请求，新莱昂大学遂于 1933 年 9 月 25 日正式成立，埃克托尔·冈萨雷斯·冈萨雷斯（Héctor González González）出任首任校长。
• The five institutions that petitioned in 1932, namely the law, medicine and pharmacy schools, the Civil Academy and the Normal School, became the university's first constituent schools when it opened in 1933.1932 年联名请愿的五所机构，即法律、医学与药学学校、公民学院与师范学校，在 1933 年大学开办时成为其首批组成学院。
• In its first year 1,864 students were taught by 218 professors across the faculties of medicine, law, engineering and chemistry, together with the normal school, a preparatory school and a school for nurses and obstetricians.建校第一年，1864 名学生由 218 名教授授课，涵盖医学、法律、工程与化学四个学院，以及师范学校、预科学校与护士助产士学校。
• In 1933 the new university also incorporated the Álvaro Obregón and Pablo Livas industrial schools, and its Medical School and Engineering School opened with the first cohort of students.1933 年，这所新大学还并入了阿尔瓦罗·奥夫雷贡与巴勃罗·利瓦斯两所工业学校，其医学院与工学院也随首届学生一同开课。
• Political disputes plagued the institution, and on 25 September 1935, two years to the day after its founding, it was closed by state decree.政治纷争困扰着这所新校，1935 年 9 月 25 日，即建校整整两年之后，它被州法令关闭。
• It reopened on 13 September 1943, after almost eight years of closure, and resumed teaching in the faculties that had been dissolved.停办近八年之后，学校于 1943 年 9 月 13 日复校，在原有各学院恢复教学。
• Growth in staff and enrolment prompted the construction of the Ciudad Universitaria campus in San Nicolás de los Garza in 1958, which moved the university out of its scattered buildings in central Monterrey.师资与招生规模的增长促使校方于 1958 年在圣尼古拉斯德洛斯加尔萨兴建大学城校区，学校由此迁出蒙特雷市中心的分散校舍。
• The open-air stadium on the main campus was completed in 1967 and seats 43,150 spectators, making it one of the largest university stadiums in Mexico.主校区的露天体育场于 1967 年落成，可容纳 43150 名观众，是墨西哥最大的大学体育场之一。
• Student protests between 1968 and 1972 forced the state government to stop interfering in internal affairs, and the autonomy statute of 1971 gave the university its present name.1968 至 1972 年间的学生抗议迫使州政府停止干预校内事务，1971 年的自治章程使学校获得现在的名称。
• The university has owned a professional football club, Tigres de la UANL, and in 1996 handed its management to Cemex under a thirty-year agreement while retaining ownership.该校拥有职业足球俱乐部「新莱昂自治大学老虎队」，1996 年按三十年协议把经营权交给墨西哥水泥公司，但保留所有权。
• UANL operates 36 high schools of its own, seven of them technical, one bilingual international and the rest two-year preparatory schools.该校自办 36 所高中，其中 7 所为技术高中、1 所为双语国际高中，其余为两年制预科。
• A further 25 private schools across the state are incorporated into the university, which certifies their libraries, laboratories, classrooms, programmes and teaching staff.州内另有 25 所私立学校并入该校体系，其图书馆、实验室、教室、课程与师资均须经该校认证。
• In 2014 the Mexican ranking organisation Rankia placed UANL fourth among the country's universities, its best position in a national league table of that period.2014 年，墨西哥排名机构兰基亚（Rankia）将新莱昂州自治大学列为全国高校第四，这是该校当时在国内榜单上的最好位次。
• The university is led by a rector, Santos Guzmán López, and governed through its faculties, campus directors and a university council that includes student and staff representatives.该校由校长桑托斯·古斯曼·洛佩斯（Santos Guzmán López）领导，通过各学院、校区负责人与包含师生代表的大学理事会实施治理。
• Its cultural institutions include a symphony orchestra, a chamber orchestra and a regional music band called El Tigre, which perform on campus and in the city.该校的文化机构包括交响乐团、室内乐团与名为「老虎」的地区音乐乐队，它们在校内与蒙特雷市演出。
• In the 1990s a corruption scandal involving a sitting rector damaged the university's public image, although the case ended without legal consequences for those accused.1990 年代，一桩涉及在任校长的腐败丑闻损害了学校的公共形象，尽管案件最终未使被指控者承担法律责任。

Academics

• The Ciudad Universitaria campus houses the faculties of law, mechanical and electrical engineering, biological sciences, chemistry, public accounting, philosophy, and architecture and industrial design.大学城校区设有法律、机械与电气工程、生物科学、化学、公共会计、哲学以及建筑与工业设计等学院。
• The health sciences campus in Monterrey teaches medicine, dentistry, nursing, psychology, public health and nutrition, and places students in the University Hospital for clinical training.蒙特雷的健康科学校区教授医学、牙科、护理、心理学、公共卫生与营养，并安排学生在大学医院接受临床训练。
• The Mederos campus concentrates economics, communication studies, music, political science and international relations, stage arts and visual arts in a humanities and fine arts cluster.梅德罗斯校区把人文学科与艺术学科集中在一起，包括经济学、传播学、音乐、政治学与国际关系、舞台艺术与视觉艺术。
• Agricultural sciences are taught at the Escobedo campus, which hosts branches of the agronomy and veterinary medicine schools, and at the Marín campus, home of the School of Agronomy.农业科学在埃斯科贝多校区与马林校区教授，前者设有农学与兽医学院的分部，后者是农学院所在地。
• The Linares campus in southern Nuevo León teaches earth sciences and forestry alongside a branch of the accounting and business administration faculty.位于新莱昂州南部的利纳雷斯校区教授地球科学与林业，并设有会计与工商管理学院的分部。
• Branches of the law and business administration faculties operate at Sabinas Hidalgo, extending the university's reach to the northern part of the state.法律与工商管理学院在萨维纳斯伊达尔戈设有分部，把该校的影响延伸至州境北部。
• Engineering teaching is supported by laboratories in mechanics, electrical systems, materials and computing, and its programmes compete for students with those of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and the National Polytechnic Institute.工程教学依托机械、电气系统、材料与计算实验室，其工程专业与蒙特雷理工学院、国家理工学院争夺生源。
• Medicine is the university's most selective programme, taught over six years with hospital rotations from the clinical years onward.医学是该校录取最严格的专业，学制六年，从临床年级开始在医院轮转。
• UANL maintains 27 research facilities staffed by 438 national researchers, the category recognised by Mexico's national research system.该校设有 27 个研究机构，拥有 438 名国家级研究员，即墨西哥国家研究人员体系认定的类别。
• It publishes 16 academic journals and runs nine bookstores, 25 student computer centres and 53 cafeterias across its campuses.该校出版 16 种学术期刊，并在各校区运营 9 家书店、25 个学生计算机中心与 53 个食堂。
• The Centre for Research and Development in Food Sciences, CIDIA, works on food technology and safety at the Escobedo agricultural campus.食品科学研究与开发中心（CIDIA）在埃斯科贝多农业校区从事食品技术与安全研究。
• The Bilingual Education Research Centre, CIDEB, at the Mederos campus trains language teachers, runs the university's bilingual high school programme and prepares students for English-taught degree courses.梅德罗斯校区的双语教育研究中心（CIDEB）培养语言教师，负责该校的双语高中项目，并为学生升入英语授课的学位课程做准备。
• OpenAlex indexes 35,069 works and 929,984 citations for UANL, a volume consistent with a large comprehensive university.OpenAlex 为该校收录 35069 项成果与 929984 次引用，这一体量与一所大型综合性大学相符。
• Doctoral programmes are offered across the faculties, with supervision in medicine, engineering, materials science, chemistry, law and social science.该校各学院均开设博士项目，覆盖医学、工程、材料科学、化学、法律与社会科学等领域。
• Undergraduate degrees normally require social service in a community or public institution before the degree is awarded, a requirement shared across Mexican public universities.本科学位通常要求学生先在社区或公共机构完成社会服务，方可获得学位，这是墨西哥公立大学的共同要求。
• Teaching is mainly in Spanish, with bilingual and English-taught courses in selected faculties and in the international high school.教学主要以西班牙语进行，部分学院与国际高中开设双语或英语授课课程。
• The high school system is academically integrated with the university, and preparatory teachers are trained through the same faculties that prepare degree students.高中体系在学术上与大学衔接，预科教师由培养本科生的同一批学院培训。
• Links with Monterrey industry give students placements in manufacturing, automotive, cement, food and software firms during their studies.与蒙特雷工业界的联系使学生在就读期间获得制造、汽车、水泥、食品与软件企业的实习机会。
• The university runs exchange agreements with institutions in Europe, North America and Latin America, and receives foreign students mainly in medicine and engineering.该校与欧洲、北美与拉丁美洲的院校签订交换协议，接收的外国学生主要学习医学与工程。
• Its academic offering is the broadest in northeastern Mexico, spanning health, engineering, law, business, humanities, arts and agricultural sciences.该校的学科设置是墨西哥东北部最齐全的，涵盖健康、工程、法律、商科、人文、艺术与农业科学。

Campus

• Ciudad Universitaria in San Nicolás de los Garza is the main campus, with thirteen schools, the rectory tower that serves as its administrative landmark, two main libraries and the central administration.位于圣尼古拉斯德洛斯加尔萨的大学城是主校区，设有十三个学院、作为行政地标的校长塔楼、两座主要图书馆与中央行政机构。
• The Estadio Universitario, an open-air ground with 43,150 seats, stands on the main campus and hosts university sport as well as professional football.可容纳 43150 人的露天大学体育场位于主校区，既承办校内体育赛事，也举办职业足球比赛。
• The Health Sciences Campus in Monterrey groups dentistry, medicine, nursing, psychology, public health and nutrition around the University Hospital and a clinic for university staff.蒙特雷的健康科学校区把牙科、医学、护理、心理学、公共卫生与营养等学科集中在大学医院及教职工诊所周围。
• The Mederos campus contains the university theatre, a branch of the World Trade Centers Association and the bilingual education research centre.梅德罗斯校区设有大学剧院、世界贸易中心协会的分支机构以及双语教育研究中心。
• The Escobedo campus combines agricultural and animal science teaching with the CIDIA food research centre and a business development centre.埃斯科贝多校区把农业与动物科学教学与 CIDIA 食品研究中心、企业发展中心结合在一起。
• The Marín campus is devoted to agronomy and its experimental fields, and the Linares campus to earth sciences, forestry and applied research in the southern part of the state.马林校区专注农学及其试验田，利纳雷斯校区则在州境南部从事地球科学、林业与应用研究。
• Seven campuses give the university a presence from the Monterrey metropolitan area to Linares in the south and Sabinas Hidalgo in the north.七个校区使该校的布局从蒙特雷都会区延伸至南部的利纳雷斯与北部的萨维纳斯伊达尔戈。
• The library system comprises 84 libraries holding 2,238,000 volumes, with the two main libraries on the central campus serving all faculties.该校图书馆系统由 84 所图书馆组成，藏书 223.8 万册，主校区的两座中心图书馆服务全部学院。
• Student facilities include 25 computer centres, 53 cafeterias and nine bookstores, distributed in proportion to the size of each campus.学生设施包括 25 个计算机中心、53 个食堂与 9 家书店，按各校区规模分布。
• The Centro Acuático Olímpico Universitario provides pools for swimming, water polo, diving and synchronised swimming and is counted among the country's best aquatic centres.大学奥林匹克水上运动中心提供游泳、水球、跳水与花样游泳场地，被视为墨西哥最好的水上运动中心之一。
• Sports grounds include the Raymundo Chico Rivera stadium, the Luis Eugenio Todd gymnasium, a baseball park, an indoor football pitch and a tennis centre with four courts.体育设施包括雷蒙多·奇科·里维拉体育场、路易斯·欧亨尼奥·托德体育馆、棒球场、室内足球场以及拥有四片场地的网球中心。
• The campus sits in the Monterrey metropolitan area, connected to the city centre by metro and bus routes and close to the industrial corridors that employ many graduates.校园位于蒙特雷都会区，经地铁与公交线路连接市中心，并靠近吸纳大量毕业生的工业走廊。

Reputation

• UANL is placed in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.新莱昂州自治大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 1201 至 1400 区间。
• The 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings place it 2001st, at the bottom of the published table.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列在第 2001 位，处于榜单末端。
• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News global ranking it stands 1,679th, a position that reflects its large teaching load and moderate citation impact.在 2026 至 2027 年度《美国新闻与世界报道》全球榜单中，该校位列第 1679 位，这一位次反映其庞大的教学规模与中等的引用影响。
• The 2026 ShanghaiRanking Academic Ranking of World Universities does not include UANL in its main list.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜未收录该校。
• It is the third largest public university in Mexico by student population and the most important institution of higher learning in northeastern Mexico.按学生规模计，该校是墨西哥第三大公立大学，也是墨西哥东北部最重要的高等教育机构。
• National outlets such as El Universal and the QS regional tables have repeatedly listed it among the ten most recognised universities in Mexico.《环球报》等国内媒体与 QS 地区榜单多次将其列入墨西哥最具知名度的十所大学。
• OpenAlex indexes 35,069 works and 929,984 citations for the university, the largest research footprint among the institutions in this ranking band.OpenAlex 为该校收录 35069 项成果与 929984 次引用，是本排名区间内科研体量最大的院校。
• Its 438 national researchers and 27 research facilities give it a research base stronger than most state universities of comparable enrolment and staffing.该校拥有 438 名国家级研究员与 27 个研究机构，科研基础强于多数招生与师资规模相当的州立大学。
• The university's graduates dominate public life in Nuevo León, supplying several governors, federal secretaries and mayors of the Monterrey metropolitan area.该校毕业生主导新莱昂州的公共生活，多位州长、联邦部长与蒙特雷都会区市长均出自该校。
• Its visibility is also sporting: Tigres de la UANL and the Auténticos Tigres give the university a national profile beyond academic rankings, and the football club has won several Liga MX titles since the 1970s.该校的知名度也来自体育：「老虎队」与「正宗老虎队」使学校在学术排名之外获得全国性关注，足球俱乐部自 1970 年代以来多次夺得墨西哥足球超级联赛冠军。

Student life

• The university motto is Alere Flammam Veritatis, to feed the flame of truth, a Latin phrase displayed on the rectory and on university publications.该校校训为拉丁语「Alere Flammam Veritatis」，意为「滋养真理之焰」，这句话出现在校长楼与学校出版物上。
• Students identify strongly with the Tigres, the university's teams, and the football club's yellow and blue colours appear across campus life, while the Estadio Universitario on the main campus serves as the club's home ground.学生对「老虎」这支校队有强烈认同，足球俱乐部的黄蓝配色遍布校园生活，主校区的大学体育场也是俱乐部的主场。
• The Auténticos Tigres American football team has won five national championships, in 1974, 1977, 2009, 2011 and 2012, and plays at the Estadio Gaspar Mass.「正宗老虎队」美式橄榄球队五次夺得全国冠军，分别在 1974、1977、2009、2011 与 2012 年，主场为加斯帕尔·马斯体育场。
• UANL teams won the national universiade in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, a run that made the university the dominant force in Mexican student sport.该校代表队于 2006、2007、2008 与 2009 年连续赢得全国大学生运动会，成为墨西哥学生体育的主导力量。
• Swimming, water polo, diving and synchronised swimming squads train at the Olympic aquatic centre on the main campus.游泳、水球、跳水与花样游泳队在主校区的奥林匹克水上运动中心训练。
• Music students perform with the symphony orchestra, the chamber orchestra and the El Tigre band, and the university theatre hosts student productions.音乐专业学生参加交响乐团、室内乐团与「老虎」乐队演出，大学剧院则上演学生制作的剧目。
• Because the university runs 36 high schools, its campuses mix teenagers and undergraduates, and the preparatory students use the same sports and library facilities.由于该校自办 36 所高中，校园里既有青少年也有本科生，预科学生与大学生共用体育与图书馆设施。
• The 53 cafeterias and nine bookstores function as meeting points, and the central campus is busy from early morning until evening classes end.53 个食堂与 9 家书店成为聚会场所，主校区从清晨一直热闹到晚间课程结束。
• Monterrey's museums, concerts and mountain parks are reachable by metro, and the city's industrial economy shapes internships and part-time work for students.蒙特雷的博物馆、音乐会与山地公园可乘地铁抵达，城市的工业经济也塑造了学生的实习与兼职机会。

Notable people

• Jorge Treviño, a graduate, served as governor of Nuevo León from 1985 to 1991 and later as a federal deputy.该校毕业生豪尔赫·特雷维尼奥（Jorge Treviño）于 1985 至 1991 年担任新莱昂州州长，后任联邦众议员。
• Sócrates Rizzo, another graduate, was governor of Nuevo León from 1991 to 1996 and later served in the federal chamber of deputies.另一位毕业生索克拉特斯·里索（Sócrates Rizzo）于 1991 至 1996 年担任新莱昂州州长，后进入联邦众议院。
• Fernando Elizondo Barragán, a lawyer and politician, held the governorship of Nuevo León for part of 2003 and later served in the federal senate.律师与政治家费尔南多·埃利松多·巴拉甘（Fernando Elizondo Barragán）在 2003 年部分时间出任新莱昂州州长，后进入联邦参议院。
• José Natividad González Parás was governor of Nuevo León from 2003 to 2009 after a career in the federal administration and in the state attorney general's office.何塞·纳蒂维达·冈萨雷斯·帕拉斯（José Natividad González Parás）在联邦政府与州检察院任职后，于 2003 至 2009 年担任新莱昂州州长。
• Reyes Tamez Guerra, a chemist trained at the university, served as federal secretary of public education in the 2000s.在该校接受化学训练的雷耶斯·塔梅斯·格拉（Reyes Tamez Guerra）于 2000 年代出任联邦公共教育部部长。
• Luis Eugenio Todd Pérez, a physician and former rector of UANL, served as federal secretary of health and gave his name to the university gymnasium.医生、该校前校长路易斯·欧亨尼奥·托德·佩雷斯（Luis Eugenio Todd Pérez）曾任联邦卫生部部长，大学体育馆即以他命名。
• María Teresa Herrera, a lawyer and federal official, held a secretariat in the federal cabinet and later worked in Nuevo León state administration.律师与联邦官员玛丽亚·特蕾莎·埃雷拉（María Teresa Herrera）曾在联邦内阁担任部长，后在新莱昂州政府任职。
• Raúl González, an Olympic race walker, is the university's best-known athlete and a medallist at the Los Angeles Games.奥运会竞走选手劳尔·冈萨雷斯（Raúl González）是该校最著名的运动员，曾在洛杉矶奥运会上获得奖牌。
• Mariana Avitia, an archer, won an Olympic medal while studying at the university and became a public face of its sports scholarships.射箭运动员玛丽安娜·阿维蒂亚（Mariana Avitia）在该校就读期间获得奥运奖牌，成为该校体育奖学金的公众形象。
• Paola Longoria, a racquetball player, reached number one in the professional rankings and trained within the university's sports programme.壁球运动员保拉·隆戈里亚（Paola Longoria）曾登上职业排名第一，并在该校体育项目中训练。
• Elsa García, an artistic gymnast, represented Mexico at the Olympic Games and trained at the university's gymnastics facilities.竞技体操运动员埃尔莎·加西亚（Elsa García）代表墨西哥参加奥运会，并在该校体操设施训练。
• Luis Rosendo Ramos, a cyclist, won Pan American medals and competed at the Olympic Games after training in Monterrey.自行车运动员路易斯·罗森多·拉莫斯（Luis Rosendo Ramos）在蒙特雷训练后赢得泛美运动会奖牌并参加奥运会。